Matthias Goeritz
Mensaje

Mensaje
Mensaje
Mensaje
ArtistMexican, born Germany, 1915–1990
CultureMexican
Titles
  • Mensaje
Date1958–1962
MediumHammered brass and iron nails on board
Dimensions48 1/4 × 24 × 1 in. (122.6 × 61 × 2.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the 2019 Latin American Experience Gala and Auction
Object number2020.138
Current Location
The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building
Gallery 205
Exposé

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Object Type
DescriptionAl
yuxtaponer superficies lisas y melladas con clavos martillados a través de la
hoja metálica y desecho industrial de las villas-miseria de México, Mensaje engloba el deseo de Goeritz de
producir una vivencia espiritual vía arte. Llegó a esta experiencia mediante un
proceso de performance reiterativa. La obra configura, también, su interés por
el arte religioso y rechazo a la estética decadente del medio artístico. Igual
a las pinturas animistas de Elsa Gramcko, la serie manifiesta el anhelo de
dotar al desecho industrial con vida.

ProvenanceThe artist; Héctor Azar, Mexico City, 1962; by inheritance to Sara Stieglitz; [Henrique Faria Fine Art, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 2020.
Exhibition HistoryHenrique Faria Fine Art, New York, 2019.

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